Duke Ellington was considered a great composer, arranger, and conductor in the jazz era. Describe some of the terminology used regarding the jazz era in the piece Take the "A" Train. Give a brief synopsis of the piece and describe some of the differing sounds that you will hear after reading about the piece.

Why did the american indian movement occupy wounded knee? to protest federal policies regarding broken treaties to protest the policies of the bureau of indian affairs to protest the policies that lead to continued discrimination to protest the policies that lead to continued poverty

Ineed with this unit test 1. japan became a peaceful democratic nation relatively quickly after the end of world war 11 which step is not part of it post-war transformation -adopting a new constitution -disarming most of the military -giving women rights to vote -giving the emperor more political power 2. why did mao start the cultural revolution? -he thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism -he wanted to speed up change and eliminate western, capitalist influence-he wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism -he wanted to restore traditional chinese culture 3. what launched the korean war? -general macarthur led an invasion of north korea -north koreans, with stalin's approval, invaded south korea -south koreans tried to capture the government in p'yongyang-chairman mao urged the south koreans to invade north korea

The communists triumphed over forces because of a well-disciplined fighting force, a single - minded sense of zeal , and strong convictions.